Oh Big Sky country. You know, racist jokes are a whole lot funnier when you live in the center of a heavily multicultural area where we deal with everyday foibles and ethnic generalities, celebrating differences and laughing at false assumptions, together, as a multicultural community.

Earguy:One could argue that it is a statement of how stupid the "trapper" is. Poking fun at the redneck.

Naw, that's racist.

That sort of humor is very had to pull off. Double edged sword - you can't control how or why people will laugh. For every person who laughed at Archie Bunker because he was a caricature of a racist, there was a person who laughed because they agreed with him.

Diogenes:Earguy: One could argue that it is a statement of how stupid the "trapper" is. Poking fun at the redneck.

That sort of humor is very had to pull off. Double edged sword - you can't control how or why people will laugh. For every person who laughed at Archie Bunker because he was a caricature of a racist, there was a person who laughed because they agreed with him.

Not to mention that poliicians aren't likely to be mocking their base.

Diogenes:Earguy: One could argue that it is a statement of how stupid the "trapper" is. Poking fun at the redneck.

Naw, that's racist.

That sort of humor is very had to pull off. Double edged sword - you can't control how or why people will laugh. For every person who laughed at Archie Bunker because he was a caricature of a racist, there was a person who laughed because they agreed with him.

Bill Cosby said the same thing. He didn't like it because the character was still likable. I'm not sure. In the end the character was a joke, and he was archetype that was useful in identifying people that were ignorant/bigoted. I had a racist Uncle that we would call Archie (he even looked like him). He was very insulted.

If you shine a light on something even if it is with humour, it reveals a truth. We must always see the hate and evil of bigotry but we must also see them as pathetic as the racist Uncle we have. To pretend likable people and people we know can't be bigots, is not useful.

Somacandra:Nabb1: I see it every day on my way to work. It's in Central City in New Orleans.

Well don't just show me that. Tell me--is the food any good there?

/besides the hateful hateful watermelon

They are primarily a wing joint, and I've been meaning to stop there and grab some wings. We are lacking in the good wing joint department in New Orleans. I will report back my findings once I have had a chance to go.

PapaChester:Oh Big Sky country. You know, racist jokes are a whole lot funnier when you live in the center of a heavily multicultural area where we deal with everyday foibles and ethnic generalities, celebrating differences and laughing at false assumptions, together, as a multicultural community.

When everyone is white, you just look racist.

And when you blame hackers, it makes you look stupid.

I like the defense that it could have been hackers. I would have been more convinced by someone saying that they never posted that image/"joke". To not actually say that point blank is rather revealing.

Diogenes:Earguy: One could argue that it is a statement of how stupid the "trapper" is. Poking fun at the redneck.

Naw, that's racist.

That sort of humor is very had to pull off. Double edged sword - you can't control how or why people will laugh. For every person who laughed at Archie Bunker because he was a caricature of a racist, there was a person who laughed because they agreed with him.

Dave Chapelle implied that this is the reason he ended Chapelle's Show